Ronald McDonald is the new Jenny Craig. Last month, news broke that a North Carolina woman shed 37 pounds in 90 days by dining only beneath the glow of the Golden Arches. No way, right?

So we’re standing at the counter of our local fast-food restaurant and my kids order burgers, fries and Cokes. Supersized.

During the course of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, we became familiar with the U.S. gold medal gymnastics team known as the “Fab Five” and later, the “Fierce Five.”

McDonald’s restaurants throughout the Valley and northern Arizona will host “backpack Saturday” 8 a.m. July 28, giving away 20,000 backpacks and helping thousands of children prepare for school.

Tempe police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three men responsible for a string of robberies at fast-food restaurants, including one at a McDonald’s where the robber twice fired a gun inside the business early Monday.

Phoenix and Tempe police are asking for the public's help to identify three men who have been robbing fast-food eateries in both cities.

Jamba Juice said it is just trying to make people feel good. And who doesn’t feel good after receiving free food?

An armed gunman got away with cash Monday from a Mesa fast-food restaurant.

A suspected drunken man was arrested after he allegedly walked into a Mesa fast food restaurant, ordered something that wasn’t on the menu and then yelled a racial slur against employees and customers.

The economic downturn is having an up-down, ping-pong effect on the restaurant industry in the Valley and the nation.

A chain of so-called healthy fast food restaurants is planning to open locations in the Valley.